Born and raised in the Central Valley, Assemblymember Salas is a lifelong Valley resident, who worked his way from laboring in the fields with his father to graduating from UCLA and becoming the first Latino Bakersfield City Councilmember in its 112 year history.
Rudy Salas has always believed that the government shouldn’t interfere in a woman’s healthcare decisions. Rudy put Proposition 1 on the ballot to protect the rights of women to control their own bodies. These most personal decisions are to be decided by a woman, her doctor, and within her faith.
So far this year, over 14,000 women have been raped in California. David Valadao is co-sponsoring a bill criminalizing abortion for a woman who was raped.